Edgecumbe racing this weekend

**imdying** · 5th February 2010, 10:58

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

I've never seen a camper with a towbar (trailer-load of bikes?), and it would be four days drive up and back from ch-ch - don't know how enjoyable that would be. Likely you had a complete guts full by the time you got back.

Yup, a trailer would be the win... but I've had the accomodation argument with the boys, and buggered if I'm going to go to all that effort and be physically knackered by the time we race, so it's definitely worth the extra $60 each per night for a hotel room IMHO. The Andyman would happily sleep under the stars if he thought he could save a dollar, so it'll be hard to convince him

Pretty sure we can drive up in a day, leave at 4am, catch the midday sailing, be in the BOP around 10pm.

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

This time of year it would make a good 3-4 days away. We usually open up at midday on saturday, but if folks are keen we can open earlier. This gives you a hardcore-solid two days of track time.

That'd be mint

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Thornton beach motor camp is ten mins down the road (bring fishing rods!) or quite likely you will meet up with a like-minded group and hit the hot pools saturday night or whatever spanks your monkey.

We'd find plenty of ways to pass the time... hell I'll bring a mobile broadband card with me and we'll see who can successfully troll the most people on KB in an hour

**CookMySock** · 5th February 2010, 15:17

Originally Posted by imdying

definitely worth the extra $60 each per night for a hotel room IMHO.

I'll see if the local pub has any accomodation, or else you will have to shoot into whakatane (only 15min). There might be cabins at thornton too (5mins.)

Originally Posted by imdying

leave at 4am, catch the midday sailing, be in the BOP around 10pm.

Farkenarse.. 17 hours according to gmaps. Not my cuppa tea.

Steve

**mohawk** · 6th February 2010, 10:56

Hellen wants new leather pants.
Anyone with some that might fit for sale bring them along...Her Revit pants will be for sale when she finds something.

**Ray LeCheminant** · 9th February 2010, 09:56

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

If you are freighting to the Edgecumbe area (to race here), I can probably find a drop off point and some temporary storage.

Steve

Hi guys....Edgecumbe was not really the intended destination - Taumaranui was the first stop

Still working on the best route/pricing for you guys - I know the return freight truck goes via Taumaranui

so should not be that expensive!

Cheers

GT

**mohawk** · 9th February 2010, 18:49

But we've been talking about racing in Edgecumbe on this thread Ray.

**woodyracer** · 9th February 2010, 19:22

why does no one like tams??

**mohawk** · 9th February 2010, 19:37

Tams is cool, but its miles from anywhere and the raceing and numbers of bikes in Edgecumbe is alot better.
The track is big and its not often you have under 10 bikes in a race, Even the women are getting good numbers 6+ and new members at every meeting.
Things are well run and everyone gets along great.

**woodyracer** · 9th February 2010, 19:58

Originally Posted by mohawk

Tams is cool, but its miles from anywhere and the raceing and numbers of bikes in Edgecumbe is alot better.
The track is big and its not often you have under 10 bikes in a race, Even the women are getting good numbers 6+ and new members at every meeting.
Things are well run and everyone gets along great.

id have to agree with you there....... edgecumbe does look alot better, never made it to edge cumbe when i raced......would of liked to tho

**{.bLanK}G_o_D** · 10th February 2010, 17:03

We haven't decided which track we will attend. We were kinda thinking Edgecumbe, but we have tons to consider before making any definite decision.
Shit, if there is racing two weekends in a row at different locations, we might consider staying over a week and get twice as much racing in.
Anybody have any video of Taumaranui?

**imdying** · 10th February 2010, 17:15

Yeah, it's about $1500-$2500 (depending on travel and accomodation options chosen) to make the trip for three of us, and probably only another $500-$800 odd to add another week on, so would be good to do a couple of races at once.

**mohawk** · 10th February 2010, 18:22

Check all my utube vidios. theres heaps of edgecumbe, tam and mt wellington and some from waihi. Sad theres not many of us that bother to get around much lol.

**CookMySock** · 10th February 2010, 19:01

If anyone really needs to economise, theres always a local back lawn or two to put a tent up on.

Hey sometimes ya gotta..

Steve

**Z1_ZPF_BOY** · 10th February 2010, 20:02

Originally Posted by {.bLanK}G_o_D

We haven't decided which track we will attend. We were kinda thinking Edgecumbe, but we have tons to consider before making any definite decision.
Shit, if there is racing two weekends in a row at different locations, we might consider staying over a week and get twice as much racing in.
Anybody have any video of Taumaranui?

here is some good vids of Taumarunui.... http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...ient=mv-google